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Moore's British Debut I Briefly... Continued fTom page I J race. Details are as follows : limited to first 100 people; loca ted on the infie ld area, next to the track, In the first tum; covered grandstand with reserved seating; all weekend unrestricted pit access; special "Front Row " parking pass (one for every two pe0ple); tent with tables for : Saturday snacks: sandwich basket, cheese and cracker platter, fresh fruit and fres h vegetable platters, Mex ican 7-layer dip, peeled prawn platter. Swedish meatballs. teriyaki chicken wings . mini barbeque spareribs, cookie and brownie tray; Sunday continental breakfast; Sunday catered lunch : carved sirloin roast, chicken breasts, pork spareribs, potato salad , fresh fruit salad, tossed green salad, and garlic toast; all you can drink: water and soda. Beer, and wine available to purchase; includes private pit tour Saturday afte r Pro practice; a portion of the proceeds will go to the Woman's Auxiliary of Motocross. For more information, call 800/Hangtown. o ung road racer Nicky Moore finished 11th in his British supersport '( debut at the snetterton Circuit on Apri l 25, the first of two British Supers port rounds Moore is slated to compete in this year. The British deal , which was set up by Pirelli's international race manager Eddie Roberts, came to fruition when Robbie Bums, the team owner of the British ViTrans TKR Honda team, was seeking a "yo ung rider familiar with both Honda's C BR600 RR and Pirelli tires" to replace the injure d Paul Young, who broke his arm at the Brands Hatch round. Roberts said that Burns specifically wanted a ride r with a resume like Moore's because "practice time would be limited before the Snetterton round. So a young rider fam iliar with both Honda and Pirelli was most im po rta nt. It just took me about 30 seconds to come up with Ni cky 's name," The Superblke World Championship round at Misano, San Marino . dominated viewingfigures for motorspon programming across the United Kingdom with an audience of more than 1.68 million viewers on the BBC. according to the series' promoters. The broadcast also achieved a high share percentage of 14.5 percent. Other televised events that weekend Included the opening round of the MotoGP Championsh ip in Welkom, South Africa. the New Zealand round of the World RallyChampionship, as well as the Super Rating Weeke nd in Valencia, Spain. FGSPORT CEO Paolo Flamm ini said : "We are extremely happy to see the C hampion ship con sisten tly achieving th is level of viewership in the UK market. We e njoy a very good relationship with the BBC, ys and the y alwa provide an e xcellent level of programming. I ann certain that they, too, are de lighted with the results ou r channpionship is providing." This year's viewing fig ures are slightly up on those achieved for the same ro und of the Superbike World C hampionship last year. which were 1.63 million with a share percen tage of 12.3 percent. Tom an d Je rry Jirko vsky of Ca lifornia Race Services also played a large ro le in the chain of eve nts by first b ringing Moore to Roberts' attention, acc ording to Pirelli. They are responsible fo r his being on Pirellis and are very vocal in their opinion of his prospects. Moore made his AMA Supe rsport debut at California Speedway on April 4, the 17-year-old finishing 12th - the first Honda CBR600RR. Moore will compete again at the Oulton Park round on May 3. A decision about future rounds will depend on the speed of Young's recovery. A native of Riverbank, California. Moore is part of the American tradition of dirt-tracking road racers. earning both AHA National Amateur and Lodi Cycle Bow l dirt track championships thus far in his young career. "I've seen some impressive young pri- vateer talent thus far in the U.S. th is season ." Roberts said. " Prie to Racing's Geoff May is doing very well in the first couple Superbike rounds so far. and Corey Eato n is brand new to Pirellis and just 16 years old . They're the first two names that jump into my mind. But the special circum- stances of the ViTrans-TKR deal favo re d Nicky Moore this time." Reynolds, Kagayama Take BSB Round The Rizla Suz uki tea m dom inated the t hird rou nd of t he British Supe rbi ke C hampio nsh ip at Sne tterton on Ap ril 25 w ith Yukio Kagayarna and Jo hn Reynolds eac h tak ing a win. T he first ra ce saw th e two GSX-R looomounted teamma tes battle it out fo r first place . with Kagayarna winning by just 0414 of a second . And third -p laced Michael Rutt er was just .6 of a second behind Reynolds. 5ean Emm e tt e nded up fourth , followed by Scott Smart. Race two saw Reynold s take the wi n afte r a close battle with Ho nda C BRIOOORR-mounted, Rutter, the Suzu ki rider wi nning by just .5 of a second. Th ird went to Sean Emmett, w ith Kagayama e nding up fo urth. Dean Thomas was fifth . AUTOGRAPH SIGN ING: at Rose ville Yamaha in Rose ville , California, on Friday. May 14 fro m 6 to 7 p.m . Team Yamaha's MOVED: Pro Mota Billet to 1146 1 Lone Star Road . Nampa. ID 8 36S I, 208/4664PMB , 208/46S· 0209 (fax). Chad Reed, David Vuillemin and Tim Ferry and riders from Yamaha of Troy and AUTOGRAPH S IGNING: At World Mach I Yamaha are scheduled to appear. Motorcycles in LasVegas. Nevada, on For more information , call 9 161784-2444 . April 30 from 6 to 7 p.m. Team Yannaha's Chad Reed and David Vulllemin. Mach I HIRED: Steve Schae ffer as national sales Yamaha's Ezra Lusk and Heath Voss. and and marketing representative for n-TEK Yamaha of Troy 's Kelly Smith, Danny Lubricants. by Chris Agajanlan , president Smith . 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